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    "id": 406785,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/406785/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 447,
        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in congratulating the Senate Majority Leader for introducing these regulations at this time. Indeed, if you look at what is happening in our country, now that we have gone into devolution, celebrating 50 years of Independence, you will see that there are people who have made Kenya proud. I do not think this has any monetary implication at all. This is just a medal and an honour. The first page says that the Act is the National Honours Act, 2013, and somewhere on that page, it also introduces a county. If you look at the names that were circulated for Kenyans to look at, you will see that a majority of people who played major roles in our villages, in our divisions and locations and counties, for that matter, are not there at all. This is a good step, but we can improve it further by coming up with a Counties Honours Act so that people who have played major roles in developing the counties and making Kenya move forward as cited in 14(a) can be honoured. This section says that a person who has exhibited certain actions or achievements or certain sacrifices, bravery that leads him to leadership in a county should be appreciated at the end of the year. We should amend it and introduce the County Honours Bill. Let me cite here two categories. The first category is the Order of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate Golden Heart of Kenya. This should be introduced at the county level because we have two levels of Government now. We could have the County Chief of the Golden Heart (CCGH) and the County Elder of the Golden Heart (CEGH) so that---"
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